This post was updated March 8 at 12:33 p.m. James Benning is celebrating half a century of landscape film mastery. From Friday to Sunday, the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum will be presenting a three-night program designed by filmmaker Benning and curator Steve Anker. Read more...

Photo: A still from filmmaker James Benning’s “Stemple Pass.” The film will be screened along with two of Benning’s other films in a three-day program hosted by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the Hammer Museum. (Courtesy of James Benning)

The hero of the shadows is coming back into the spotlight. Releasing in theaters on Friday, “The Batman” reintroduces Gotham City’s favorite billionaire, Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson), during his early vigilante years as the Batman. Read more...

Photo: Zoë Kravitz (left) and Robert Pattinson (right) play Selina Kyle and Bruce Wayne in “The Batman.”(Courtesy of Jonathan Olley/DC Comics)

Queer Cinema lives on through an on-the-road, gritty romance. On Saturday, the UCLA Film & Television Archive will be screening short films “Oblivion” and “If Every Girl Had a Diary“ along with feature film “The Living End” at the Billy Wilder Theater as part of their “Pioneers of Queer Cinema” series. Read more...

Photo: Mike Dytri (left) and Craig Gilmore (right) play Luke and Jon in “The Living End.” (Courtesy of Academy Entertainment)

Taunting the next generation of young adults, Leatherface is back with only murder on his mind. Releasing Friday on Netflix, “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” returns with a modern take on the original 1974 movie. Read more...

Photo: (From left to right) Elsie Fisher, Sarah Yarkin, Nell Hudson and Jacob Latimore play Lila, Melody, Ruth and Dante, respectively, in Netflix’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” sequel. (Courtesy of Netflix/Yana Blajeva)